Irene

Sep 19, 2011 13:17

We were really lucky here in North Tunbridge: Although the rains were intense, there was almost no wind to speak of, and the winds were what I was really afraid of.  A massive locust tree once fell on Tua's house in a windstorm, and if it were not for the strength of post-and-beam architecture, Tua and his mother could easily have been killed, ( Read more... )

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verdanthe September 21 2011, 21:47:16 UTC
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/us/12winerip.html

presumably you've seen this.

Where I grew up, in TN, the ground soaks fast, because it's about 5cm of topsoil above solid limestone, so my brain automatically maps any area not the distinct local maximum to "floodplain". I cannot consider hollers habitable, nor any flatland.

The main roads through the White Mountain National Forest got wiped out too, but the DOT's been awesome, and already have the Kanc back up.

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kaph September 22 2011, 19:48:29 UTC
Yay for the NH DOT, as well!

Thanks for the link; I had NOT seen that. Yeesh. :/

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